Five six in 1! 18 years later, Mohammad Nabi is almost closer to the record of Yuvraj Singh | Cricket news
New Delhi: the versatile veteran Mohammad Nabi sparked an astonishing demonstration of death deaths to revive Afghanistan hopes in their confrontation of group B of the essential Asia Cup against Sri Lanka at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium on Thursday. The 40 -year -old man castigated a whirlwind of 60 on 22 bullets, breaking five six at home in one to propel Afghanistan from a precarious position to a competitive total of 169/8.The fireworks of Nabi with the bat came almost poetically on the eve of the anniversary of the emblematic assault of six six of Yuvraj Singh against Stuart Broad during the 2007 ICC T20 World Cup.At 120/7 after 18 letters, Afghanistan’s sleeves seemed to go towards collapse, especially after Nuwan Thushara has torn their first order with a fiery 4/18 spell. But Nabi, the oldest member of the Afghan team, turned the game with an astonishing assault in the last two Overs – looting 46 points, including 32 on the final on Bowled by Dunith Wellalage.Nabi’s 35 -point stand with the skipper Rashid Khan (24) was the highest partnership in the sleeves. Wellalage dropped Nabi once in the depths – an expensive failure – before being at the end of five struck six in the final, one that came out of non -ball. Nabi was exhausted on the last ball, but not before making sure that Afghanistan had a total to defend.Earlier, Afghanistan began highly with 26 points in the first two Overs, but the bursting of the incisive power of Thushara eliminated Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Karim Janat and Sediqulah Atal to reduce them to 45/3. The sleeves have lost steam as a shine of Sri Lanka – a clear relay of Kusal Perera and an astonishing seizure of Dushmantha Chameera – kept the raid of Afghanistan.Rashid briefly counterattack with two limits and one without Dasun Shanaka’s look before falling to Thushara. Nabi then launched his counterattack, crunching three consecutive limits off Chameera and finally increased his fifty balls only – the fastest T20i for Afghanistan.The 60 of Nabi made him only the second 40 -year -old and over after Chris Gayle and Mohammad Hafez to mark a t20i fifty against a full -fledged side. Afghanistan 169/8 has also become the highest third total by a full -fledged team after losing six counters for under 80 years in T20is.For Sri Lanka, the 32 points conceded by Wellalage with regard to the history of the T20i, behind the 36 points on Smatined by Kieron Pollard off Akila Dananjaya in 2021.Nabi’s incredible assault has not only revived Afghanistan’s heats – she has rekindled their hope of reaching the super ovens.
